113th Congress, 1st Session – 2013 Published Schedules
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This information is included with the course materials for Congressional Dynamics and the Legislative Process, Congressional Operations Briefing – Capitol Hill Workshop, and Advanced Legislative Procedure.
The House and Senate schedules below are adopted from the schedules published by the House and by the Senate. In the House, a “House Recess” is also called a “district work period” or “Constituent Work Week,” when House members return to their home districts to meet with constituents. In the Senate, these home state visits are called “state work periods” and take place during “Senate recesses.”
Also see
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Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
For federal holidays, see OPM.
| Senate 2013 published schedule Senate Recess = “State work period” |
2013 Holidays & Special Events |
House 2013 published schedule House Recess = “Constituent Work Week” / “District work period” |
| January 3 Senate Convenes | January 1 New Year’s Day January 3 January 21 January 29 |
January 3 House Convenes
January 7 – 11 Constituent Work Week January 17 – 18 House Republican Issues Conference January 28 – February 1 Constituent Work Week |
| February 18 – 22 State Work Period | February 4 President’s Budget submission * February 12 February 13 February 18 |
February 7-8 House Democratic Retreat
February 18 – 22 Constituent Work Week |
| March 25 – April 5 State Work Period
April 29 – May 3 State Work Period |
March 10 Daylight Savings Time begins (spring forward) March 25 March 29 March 31 |
March 25 – April 5 Constituent Work Week
April 29 – May 3 Constituent Work Week |
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May 27 – 31 State Work Period |
May 27 Memorial Day |
May 27 – 31 Constituent Work Week |
| June 14 Flag Day |
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| July 1 – 5 State Work Period | July 4 Independence Day |
July 1 – 5 Constituent Work Week |
| August 5 – September 6 State Work Period |
September 2 September 4 September 13 |
August 5 – September 6 Constituent Work Week
September 23 – 27 Constituent Work Week |
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October 14 – 18 State Work Period |
October 1 FY 2014 begins October 14 November 3 November 5 November 11 November 28 |
October 14 – 18 Constituent Work Week
November 4 – 11 Constituent Work Week November 25 – 29 Constituent Work Week |
| TBD Target Senate Adjournment | November 27 Hanukkah begins at sundown December 25 |
December 13 Target House Adjournment |
* The president is required by law (31 USC 1105) to submit his annual budget proposal to Congress by the first Monday in February. In a new administration, the president typically submits a placeholder document and fills in the details some weeks later. See “Submission of the President’s Budget in Transition Years,” CRS Report RS20752. Also see our course, The President’s Budget.
Sources: US Senate, US House of Representatives, and Federal Holidays from OPM.
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